Mandriva has no graphics

[Guest pwfd2135]

I used xfdrake when I was at that screen because I am having the same problem, But i get what i think is a error message, it says

 

Fatal: Module nvidia not found

(EE) NVIDIA (0) failed to load the nvidia kernel module

(EE) nvidia(0) ***ABORTING***

(EE) screen found but none have a usable configuration

Fatal screen error no screen found..

 

 

But i Can see this error, and i have the correct driver for the video card.

 

Thanks

[ianw1974]

That error seems to tell me you don't have the nvidia module loaded in your kernel, either by using the dkms-nvidia packages, or with the installed driver direct from nvidia.

 

I would use lsmod, to see if nvidia is actually loaded, and if it's not, then your graphics card is not using the nvidia driver. It will probably be falling back to a default, like nv or vesa.

[arctic]

This topic is *cough, cough* more than one year old...

[Guest pwfd2135]

ok, i am kinda a noob, well I am a no0b. How do i use lsmod, because i type it into the command prompt where i am in and nothing happens, just get a erroe than back to localhost.

Also is there a way that i can use another driver somewhere, or do i have to do a re-install to set that driver up.

But i am using a nivida geforce 2 graphics card. im just not sure why its not accepting it

 

thanks

[Ixthusdan]

You should su to root and then type the command. Type "su" and then enter the root password.